Dr. Gary Raymond Decker MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
545 N River St Suite 205 Wilkes Barre PA, 18702About
Dr. Gary Decker is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Wilkes Barre, PA. Dr. Decker specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1987
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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